This document provides tips and instructions for using the Elluminate virtual facilitation tool. It discusses how to optimize content, presentations, and participant interactions. Specific tips include using simple backgrounds, avoiding small fonts and bulleted lists, monitoring speaking volume, and encouraging participant feedback through questions, polls, and raising hands. It also covers how to share applications, websites that require logins, and potential issues with facilitating ongoing online discussions. The document is intended to help train others in effectively utilizing virtual facilitation tools.

1. Welcome
• Tuesday
2nd
November

2. First
past the
post
First
past the
post
Heading
for
pasture
Heading
for
pasture
Dining with
connections
Dining with
connections
Cup
runneth
over
Cup
runneth
over
Track is
Slow
Track is
Slow
Use the text
tool to record
your current
mood state
Use the text
tool to record
your current
mood state

3. Today
• It’s Elluminate time!
• Exploring the Virtual Facilitator
• Tour of Elluminate

4. Invite
your
cronies!!
Invite
your
cronies!!
Presentation Schedule Task 6
Tuesday Nov 16 Tuesday Nov 23
Laura Street Kelly Staveley
Mark Gage ? Penny Bentley
Anne Marie
Constabile?
Brett Drinkwater
Jeanette Jordt
Carina Law

5. Virtual Facilitator (Moderator) –
• " Facilitators stimulate learner participation
and interaction by using small group
discussions, collaborative projects, case
studies....”
Where we
seem to
be going

6. Virtual Facilitator (Moderator) –
• Share one idea here that describes how you
think your trainers could link learner
participation and interaction around a group
learning activity that can also act as an
assessment task.....
• Take a minute or two and add
to the chat box

7. Virtual Facilitator (Moderator) –
• What might be the consequences of this type
of activity for the sort of course content you
might need to provide your students?

8. Virtual Facilitator (Moderator) –
• Consider some activities using discussions that
you can attempt to extend the value of online
training after the initial learning experience, to
build an ongoing community of learners
• Take the Microphone!!

9. Content
• Make sure the content you create is easy to see.
• Keep background templates simple so that they
don't distract from the content you want to
share.
• Avoid gradient colors in the background.
• Use a font type and size that is easy to read
(no smaller than a 12 point standard font such as
Arial, Verdana or Times New Roman).
• Use visuals whenever possible especially for
complex processes or procedures.
• Avoid slide after slide of bulleted lists.

10. Content cont…
• Avoid using bright colours
• Check download times for websites
• Avoid lag times, pre-load everything

12. During your presentation
• Slow things down
• Watch for responses
• Practice, practice, practice
• If you have a brain fog moment ask
a question.
• Divert so you can collect your
thoughts

13. Optimise your connection speed
• Set your Connection
Speed to the Internet
• Open the Preferences
dialog under the
Tools>>
Preferences.
• Select Connection
choose the correct
speed from the
Connection Speed
drop-down menu.

14. Tips
• Name your slides to make it easier to move to
the correct one during a session
• Use the volume slider to monitor your volume
rather than continually saying “Can you hear
me”

15. Tips
• Use the chat to
post any links or
to have a back
channel of
communication

16. Tips
• Pose questions so participants can use the
emoticons to give you feedback

17. Tips
• Encourage people to raise their hands if
they have a question

18. Tips
• Consider how you want people
to communicate (all or once or
one at a time)
• This is done by selecting Tools
> Audio > Maximum
Simultaneous Talkers.

19. Tips
• Move smoothly
between actions.
• Remember there will be a delay if you use
the WebTour so let your audience know
what you are doing
• Tools>>Start a Web Tour
• Enter the URL that you wish to tour and
then click OK

20. Tips – Sites with Log in
• For websites that require users to log in it will be
easier to use Application Sharing as participants
will then be able to view your view of the website.
• Have all of the website URLs that you will be using in
your session ready to copy and paste from a text
document.

21. Tips
• Application Sharing.
• Have the applications open on your computer that you
want to share.
• Sharing by region allows you to share multiple
applications and windows simultaneously.
• When sharing by application, any new windows that
open relating to the application will also be shared.
• Tools >>Application Sharing >>Begin Hosting
Application

22. Tips
• You will be
prompted that you
are application
sharing. You may
experience a
disruption to your
layout. You can fix
this

23. Tips
• You will be prompted that you are application
sharing.
• The applications may load at different speeds on
users computers. These colored indicators lights
represent the length of the delay.

24. Tips - Polling
• Poll the participants at various intervals to obtain feedback
• Choose from Yes/No, Multiple choice (3-5 responses)
• Ask a question and have the participants answer using the
polling response buttons located on their toolbar.
• To publish a copy of the polling statistics to the whiteboard,
click on the toolbar or click the Publish to
Whiteboard button on the Polling Statistics window.

25. Virtual Facilitator (Moderator)
• Brainstorm some of the management issues
you can foresee in using Discussions to
promote ongoing training and learning with
your target group
– Management
– Topics
– Responsibility
– Participation

26. Virtual Facilitator – Job Des
• Lets make a group list that will build into a job
description for a Virtual Facilitator.
• Whiteboard!!

27. Virtual Facilitator – Job Des
• What extra tasks will you need to do now your
training is in some way online?
• Take a minute in the text box!!

28. Questions
Next session Tuesday 9th November
6.30pm

29. Thank you for playing